Appointment of Baron Waqa to PIF leadership subject to ‘more review and considerations’, says...
The president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has defended Micronesian leaders' controversial choice for head of the Pacific Islands Forum, but said...
Fiji on high alert over Japan’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated wastewater
Fiji's Acting Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica said on Friday that Fiji has been on very high alert after Japan planned to discharge the Fukushima...
Pacific solidarity restored, declares Fiji PM
By Pita Ligaiula in Denarau Nadi
Fiji's Prime Minister and outgoing Pacific Islands Forum Chair Sitiveni Rabuka says the Pacific solidarity has been restored after...
Kiribati glad to be back in PIF
Kiribati President Taneti Maamau says they are overjoyed to be back in the Pacific Island Forum.
Speaking after his bilateral meeting in Nadi, in the...
Pacific island leaders meet to show unity amid super power competition
Pacific island leaders arrived in Fiji on Thursday for a two-day meeting to formalise the return of Kiribati to the 18-member regional bloc, amid...
Pacific Island Forum meeting politically, personally important to NZ deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni is in Fiji to represent New Zealand at a “politically important for New Zealand, but personally quite important” event.
It...
Fiji PM meets with Cook Islands counterpart
Fiji's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka met with his Cook Islands counterpart, Mark Brown, at the margins of the Pacific...
Pacific family to reunite in Fiji after Forum drama
Pacific reunification should be sealed in Fiji when Kiribati is welcomed back into the fold after a Micronesian splinter.
In recent years, the blue continent...
Pacific leaders meet as Australia nets new agreement
-Foreign Minister Penny Wong has declared Australia shares the vision held by Fiji for a stronger relationship between the two nations.
Speaking in Fiji, Senator...
Australia’s major Pacific move amid China ‘security concerns’
Australia has taken a significant step in countering China's growing influence in the Pacific by signing an important agreement with Kiribati.
Australia will scale up...
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